XP can't find any standard drivers unless I point it to Inf folder

> Hi, as above really. Any ideas?
>
> E.g. when I plug in a standard device which XP has a standard driver for,
> it cannot find the driver during automatic install. But if I show hidden
> files then point it to manually seach c:/windows/inf then it finds it no
> problem.
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> Thanks,
> CJSnet
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